The New York Giants have been without kicker Graham Gano since he suffered a hamstring injury on the opening kickoff in a Week 2 loss to the Washington Commanders.

Since then, they’ve used both Greg Joseph, who is now on injured reserve (IR) with an abdomen issue, and the Irish-born Jude McAtamney.

But that hasn’t been the only hit on special teams.

The Giants have also been without punter Jamie Gillan since Week 5 against the Seattle Seahawks after he suffered a hamstring injury. Although he wasn’t placed on IR, the team has ruled him out in four consecutive games....

The New York Giants are 2-7 at the midway point of the regular season and their playoff hopes are all but dashed. Despite that, there will be few changes.

It will remain business as usual in East Rutherford, and that includes Daniel Jones staying under center as the team’s starting quarterback.

“He is,” head coach Brian Daboll said when asked if Jones would continue as the starter. “Nothing changes.”

While that news comes as a surprise to some, especially considering the financial implications should Jones get hurt, it shouldn’t. He played his best game of the season in Sunday’s loss...

New York Giants second-year cornerback Deonte Banks was hoping he could get his season on track after getting benched in Week 8 halfway through the team’s loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Banks came into Sunday’s game against Washington aiming to shadow the Commanders’ top wide receiver, Terry McLaurin, who he had success against in the first meeting in Week 2.

But it wasn’t Banks whose study paid off in the second meeting, it was McLaurin’s. The former Ohio State standout beat Banks twice for touchdowns.

Banks has now allowed six touchdowns in the Giants’ first nine games this season and...

Your Monday Night Football open thread

The Kansas City Chiefs will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to cap Week 9 of the 2024 NFL season.

The Buccaneers (4-4) have found themselves an answer at quarterback in former first overall pick Baker Mayfield. Mayfield came into Week 9 leading the NFL in touchdowns with 23 through the first 8 weeks of the season. However, things went gone very wrong for Tampa Bay back in Week 7 when both Chris Godwin and Mike Evans suffered significant injuries. Godwin suffered a dislocated ankle and was placed on Injured Reserve after getting surgery to...

Wading into the free agent pool for roster help

Welcome to the Fantasy Football Waiver Wire for Week 10! A strange this is happening on the NFL injury front this season. Wide receivers have been dropping like flies with a wide array of injuries, while running backs, remarkably, have for the most part stayed healthy. It’s a reverse of what we’re accustomed to seeing and it’s had a huge impact on both the NFL and fantasy football this season. It’s also had an impact on the waiver wire. I went back and looked at some of my waiver wire columns...

Favored? The Giants are never favored!

The New York Giants (2-7) are set to clash with the Carolina Panthers (2-7) in a unique Week 10 matchup this Sunday, kicking off at 9:30 a.m. ET from Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, on NFL Network. Both teams enter with identical records and are looking to shift momentum after challenging starts to their seasons.

The Giants, now on a four-game losing streak, fell to the Washington Commanders 27-22 at home in Week 9. Their recent performance has led to a four-game skid against the spread (ATS), and they have yet to win at...

Baron Browning traded, Za’Darius Smith expected to move

With the clock ticking toward Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET NFL trade deadline, the market for New York Giants edge defender Azeez Ojulari appears to be narrowing.

The Arizona Cardinals are reportedly trading for Denver Broncos edge defender Baron Browning, a third-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft was has 9.5 sacks in 43 career games. He spent four games on injured reserve this season with a left foot injury.

The Cardinals are reportedly sending a sixth-round pick to Denver.

The Detroit Lions, looking to replace injured star edge defender Aidan Hutchinson as...

Deja vu all over again

Another day, another MetLife loss for the New York Giants. Not really, though, because the culprits were mostly different this time. Still, plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Let’s see who was on the field and how they did in the eyes of Pro Football Focus.

Offense

PFF grades

• Tight end Chris Manhertz played only 16 snaps, but he scored a touchdown on only his second target of the year. That alone is memorable because Giants passing TDs at MetLife are an endangered species, but it was also only Manhertz’s...

No change — yet — at quarterback

New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll said Monday that Daniel Jones will continue to be the team’s starting quarterback this Sunday when the team travels to Germany to face the Carolina Panthers.

Jones will also continue to receive all of the first-team reps.

“Nothing changes,” Daboll said.

The Giants are 2-7 and have lost four straight games. Jones is in the second year of a four-year, $160 million contract, but has no guaranteed money beyond this season provided he does not suffer a catastrophic injury that would prevent him from passing a...

NFL firing season has commenced

Dennis Allen on Monday became the first head coach fired this season when the 2-7 New Orleans Saints canned Allen after a seventh straight loss.

The firing of Allen has implications for the New York Giants, and maybe for head coach Brian Daboll.

First is the notion that firing season has commenced. Allen is the second head coach fired, with the New York Jets having parted with Robert Saleh a few weeks ago.

Giants co-owner John Mara recently expressed confidence in Daboll and GM Joe Schoen, but that was not a guarantee that changes won’t...